The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-07-22

i arAN3ng from the herd until he
Subsidized toFa suitable dye for
IEbeef market. his early condition Of
ipen1enee, and not distant date Of
etence, Is an assufed fact. We Gun
b conceive Of Z business venture
brtain to yield a.steady increase
all or limited capital, and With
ability to failure than stock
)ticular locality. We read
Lessive losses in w yoming and
caused by the deep SHOWS and
cold weather Of the past
Sodter-but these are almost entirely
among range cattle, for whose care no
efiortis ever made, and who are never
fed or even looked after to any extent
from one years end to another. AS
previously stated, the range stock
business must be abandoned shortly
hereabouts, and it is inevitable that
stock raising on q smaller scale, as
described herein, will become the chief
business in its place. ! can give no
lbetter advice to friends east either in
Northern Michigan or elsewhere, than
~ .auuaGe in it in preference to any
other pursuit. open to selection in the
Tar west. Some capital is required, of
course, but while it will be a hard
struggle for a few years, if but little is
in hand for the investment, it will he
no more o than any other Outset in
any other country: and with one or two
thousand dollars to begin on, the time
between the ssstart and the "first
ktfuarter' will be a walk over COM
pared to a race on the older tracks of
the east.
The climate here is far superior to
that Of any other region with which
about $500 feet above the sea level SO
that the air is both pure and invigor-
at:ng. Not more than fifty miles to
the north the snow falls to a depth Of
two or three feet, but comes and goes
with more or less frequency. Here Il
fail Of six inches is exceptional, and on
the average the ground is not covered
to exceed three weeks of the entire
winter, though the past v winter
all owe our country gave us perhaps
six inches. The ~severest cold we ex-
~perienced was "a degrees below zero:
and while the first thought of that
temperature seems to give way to any
claim to a mild climate in the winter
,fseuso, vAAe-trEfh is that you need to.
!, scrutinizc the thermometer very closely
and possibly %corroborate its exhibit by
: that of others before YOU IA realize
y that it is anything neil SO low a degree
of temperature.
= But the spring, summer and fail.
seasons are simply captivating cs-
i pecially the latter. Nature is p%rofuse
In her exhibits of fora and fauna. The
kWlleys and gorges are generally lined
pines, cedars, cottonwood and
Zoos; the hills are covered with
oo|xhs of the two former.
he little parks occur;
lie altitude and
so materially
Hper express
ACcks which
surface OF
in some
Ind cedar from four
loot in diameter growing
snres SO small that the eye
detect any soil whatever in
e streams rising from springs
versing the surface of the
or canons for miles and thcr
" disappearing, running under
for miles again coming to the
he natural wells from GO IL
p and 90 to 60 in width a
Q v rich in specimen.
VAR and mineral beyond
Sc are a few only Of TIL,
are already bringing
ern tourists to OH
1T including healtl
ind go at all season
I must beg your in
Icreader, for referring t
invigorating infuenc
[and will do so. as TIL
say, "by way Of illus
, women and cllildrel
80 around-even tn
it o lie till 10
newspaper CORES
launched into
b impossible fo
(Which to break .
H. z. EAroS.